Since the market got wind of the fact that my development team has been working on tools for analyzing large Notes environments, this is become my most-frequently-asked question by far.  The consensus in the market seems to be that none of the tools available today really do the job right and I am nearly overwhelmed by the level of interest and excitement from large System Integrators and very large Customers.  So we have decided that it is time to talk publicly about our next generation...

The first thing to clarify is that there is really not a separate analysis tool.  Notes Migrator for SharePoint 5.0 will contain extensive features for conducting pre-migration assessments (i.e., it will be an “analysis tool” as well as a “migration project management tool” and, of course, a “content migration tool”). 

In the analysis area specifically, Notes Migrator for SharePoint 5.0 will be able to…

• Discover Notes Databases across all servers in all locations
• Classify Applications according to Technical or Business attributes
• Analyze Application Usage to identify unused applications
• Analyze Design Complexity and deviations from standard templates
• Analyze Data Complexity and identify content migration needs
• Extract QuickPlace room hierarchies and Domino.Doc cabinet organization

We will be demonstrating this new version at our Tech·Ed IT Pro Booth # 1446 [link] and are planning on making an alpha or beta version available to key partners and customers by the end of June.  We do not have a final release schedule at this time.